Claire Saxby's 'Emu' shortlisted for Environment Award

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Congrats to Claire Saxby for the shortlisting of her delightful picture book Emu in the

Environment Awards for Children's Literature

Illustrated by Graham Byrne

Published by Walker Books

For age 7+, published in hardback

The prestigious Environment Awards are administered by the Wilderness Society, and are Australia's only environmental-themed literature awards. There are three categories - fiction, picture fiction and non fiction.

Good luck Claire!

 


 

 

Anna Pignataro's picture book a CBCA Notable 2015

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Congrats to Anna Pignataro on her CBCA Notable Childrens Book 2015 listing for

B is for Bedtime

Written by Margaret Hamilton

Published by Little Hare, in hardback

Ages 1 - 5

B is for Bedtime has also been published in the US by Kane Miller.

Superb illustrations as always - richly deserved! Congrats again Anna!

 

Several shortlistings for Jacqueline Harvey

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Congrats to Jacqueline Harvey for her shortlistings - yet again - in the

Australian Book Industry Awards 2-15

Alice-Miranda in Japan and Clementine Rose and the Seaside Escape have been shortlisted in the 2015 ABIAs in the 8 - 14 and 0 - 8 categories respectively. Alice Miranda in Japan has also been shortlisted in the REAL awards.

Both books are published by Random House.

This is the third consecutive year that an Alice-Miranda title has been shortlisted for the ABIAs, and the first for Clementine Rose. 

What an achievement - congrats again Jacqueline!